If you haven't run linux on that pc before it could be a BIOS setting that you need to change.
Other possibility, there can be such issues with livecd's burned at full speed. As they're are heavily compressed they can easily get corrupted or of low quality if burned too fast. And one cd drive may handle a burned cd better than another, so I usually limit the writing speed to x4.

KMS support is required by xserver-xorg-video-intel, which means kernel parameters like "i915.modeset=0" or "vga=791" are no longer valid and actively break starting X on intel graphics cards. Given that i915/ xserver-xorg-video-intel doesn't require any kind of firmware, there should no longer be KMS related bugs in relation to intel graphics.

So, if the intel driver in the ISO supports this card, then you should not use "vga=" nor "i915modeset=0" with this kernel.
If the driver does not work with the card, you would start with "xmodule=vesa" option, then need "i915modeset=0".
If both do not work, then I don't have any idea... given that md5sum is OK and CPU is i686/amd64 and your ISO match with CPU...

ikeinthai

Post subject:Posted: 26.04.2011, 18:49

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thank you all for the suggestions.

i tried "xmodule=vesa" and i915.modeset=0 alone and in that order in combination, without success.

give your m2n someone who wants to run win xp, the intel linux driver does not support this old graphic chip.(perhaps only a problem of the asusbios?) I had the same trouble with my m2400n from asus. NO CHANCE.
win7 doesn,t work either.

slh

Post subject:Posted: 26.04.2011, 22:02

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i855 (and even my older i830) is formally supported by i915.ko and xserver-xorg-video-intel, it has just been plagued by regressions recently; unfortunately no one in our team has access to that chipset (my i830 works well) to debug the issue.

This bug might have already been fixed with kernel 2.6.38 and X.org 1.9.5, but this might be hard to confirm if the install already fails.